Chelsea v Inter Milan pre-season friendly preview – stats, TV channel, live stream & new signings on show

Chelsea v Inter Milan is the first match for the Blues in this summer’s International Champions Cup in Nice. 

Where can I watch Chelsea v Inter Milan?

Chelsea v Inter Milan, which takes place on July 28 at the Allianz Riviera, kicks off at 19:05 GMT and is available to UK viewers.

How to watch the pre-season friendly

Chelsea v Inter Milan can be watched by UK residents on ChelseaTV, channel 419 for Sky users, and Premier Sports, 412 for Sky and 127 for those with Virgin Media subscriptions. Chelsea v Inter Milan live stream options can be found on Premier Sports.

What new signings can we expect to see?

For Chelsea, expect to see Jorginho, who has impressed in the short time since he made his £57.4m from Napoli to join up with his former coach Maurizio Sarri.

The centre-mid showed his class in Chelsea’s 1-0 win over Perth Glory and will likely feature in this game, too.

Meanwhile, Cesc Fabregas, Alvaro Morata and Pedro will all play, while a fit-again David Luiz will too.

The likes of Eden Hazard, N’Golo Kante, Olivier Giroud, Gary Cahill, Michy Batshuayi, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Courtois won’t be back in contention for first-team action until August 5-6.

Inter Milan, meanwhile, have the benefit of a fully rested Raidja Naiggolan after the £34.2 new signing from Roma was left out of Roberto Martinez’s Belgium squad for the 2018 World Cup.

Other new boys in the Inter Milan travelling party are Federico Dimarco, the left-back signed from Sion for £6.3, the winger from Sassuolo, Matteo Politano, Kwadwo Asamoah, another left-back from Juventus and Stefan de Vrij, signed from Lazio.

Exciting young Argentinian forward Lautaro Martinez is also among the pack, having made his unofficial debut for Inter in their 3-0 win over Lugano.

Chelsea v Inter Milan: head-to-head records and pre-match stats

Chelsea v Inter Milan has only occurred three times in history. Chelsea have won one and lost two to Inter Milan. The most recent results came in 2010, when Inter Milan beat Chelsea over (and in) two legs, to knock the west Londoners out of the 2010 Champions League at the Round of 16 stage.

Mourinho went on to win the competition with Inter that year. How United’s fans would like successes like those to come to the San Siro.

Chelsea v Inter Milan stats are as follows: Chelsea won their only pre-season game under Sarri so far, that 1-0 victory over Perth Glory courtesy of a Pedro goal, while Inter are yet to play an official friendly.

This season, Chelsea will be desperate to work themselves back into the Champions League spots by way of a top-four finish. Anything beyond that in the league will, as it stands, be seen as a bonus considering this is Sarri’s first season at the club, and the sheer brilliance of Man City last term.

However, the fans and the club will be hoping to win silverware, with the cups or perhaps the Europa League a desirable bounty considering the Champions League football that lies at the end of it.

For Inter Milan, another top-four finish will be hoped for even if it’s not necessarily a nailed on certainty. Serie A, much like the Premier League, has six or so top teams competing for fewer Champions League spots. Inter just snuck it at the last at the expense of Lazio last term but will be hoping to be up near the top of the table with Juventus as much as is possible.

With Ronaldo, Juventus will likely have too much for their rivals. That said, Inter will be expecting to get out of the group stage of the Champions League and make a go of it in that competition, while cup success generally won’t go amiss.

Chelsea v Inter Milan thus represents a decent yardstick for both sides as they contemplate objectives in the league next season.

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